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Hello Friends!

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Important exciting news regarding the start date of the CSA…. due to record breaking sunny, warm weather we’re ahead of schedule and the CSA will begin 2 weeks early which means beginning next week (the week of May 19th) our first succession of crops will be ready for your enjoyment!
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It’s been an unbelievable Spring so far with sunshine and temps as high as 90 and were beginning to wonder if summer had already sprung here on the farm.  We’ve been working real hard to keep up with all the planting, seeding, weeding and especially with watering on these long, sunny, hot days.  We’ve been missing our idyllic Spring planting weather & are happy to see some 60+ days on the horizon.
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Over the past week, the sunny weather has also sprung some questions in your farmers minds… especially when the strawberries started ripening and the broccoli heads started forming extra early.  Sometimes as a farmer you can only plan so much only to find that mother nature always has the final say.  As it is the nature of the CSA (being open to what nature intends) having produce early is a wonderful perk about eating seasonally & locally!   That said, mother nature and your farmers have decided to start the 20 week CSA season – NEXT WEEK – a full 2 weeks ahead of schedule!  So, we’re going with it (the strawberries say we don’t have a choice).
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New CSA Dates.  Your 20 week CSA season will begin NEXT WEEK – 2 weeks ahead of schedule – on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, May 21, 22, 23, 2013  on your assigned day and end the week of October 1,  2,  3, 2013 (please check your email to confirm your pick up or home delivery day).  Farm pick ups are from 4 – 6 pm and if you have someone else scheduled to pick up for you please let us know 24 hours in advance.  Home delivery will take place sometime in the late afternoon on Tuesdays!
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Many Hands Make Light Work!  As always it’s go time around here on the farm which also makes it an extra special exciting time of the year and it’s just the start of many good things to come!  Over the years we’ve learned that being flexible is a huge part of farming (and to be better farmers) as we’re still planting and planning like crazy.  We’re farming two properties this year and will be able to offer new kinds of veggies for both the 20 week Spring & Summer CSA and our extended Fall CSA (Insha’Allah, ‘god willing’).  We’ve been busy trying to catch up with all the weeds (that come with the freshly fallen rains) and would love to have some folks come out this Sunday from 10-2 to get their hands dirty, hang with their farmers and to see the farm at the beginning of the season!
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Please send us an email with a simple message or hip-hip hooray (to the early start of the season) to confirm that you’ve received this message (we don’t want to miss anybody on their first CSA box).  We’ll be sure to phone anyone we don’t hear from just to make sure!  As our CSA members, we welcome you to an exciting year ahead and thank you in advance as we appreciate your time and flexibility!  Your farmers and the animals are so excited to see and meet you all!
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Until then we’ll be scurrying about trying to finish up out one of a kind CSA crates as well as transplanting and weeding and mowing and seeding until the sun goes down… ahhh the life of a farmer (we love it).  
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Many many thanks!
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your farmers,
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Jess & Brian
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dirty hands, clean hearts
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p.s. Keep an eye out for a follow up email with more information regarding the flow of home delivery or farm pick ups, returning crates each week, saving and reusing our egg cartons etc!
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